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This week, Belmont Park and Delaware Park agreed to put on an all graded-stakes extravaganza. And, so, again we’re hoping to make a oak-full of cash from a acorn’s worth of investment. If you more
So it’s Independence Day, not Memorial Day, but it does a racing soul good to see the Met Mile once again as the lynchpin on a holiday racing program in New York. When I saw
It was the summer of 1968 when my fiancé, now wife of 51 years, and I made the drive north from New York City to Saratoga Springs. Everything was happening so fast back then. It
Two of those four graded stakes at Churchill Downs, the Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis, have Breeders’ Cup implications as win-and-in events. Purses have fallen below pre-casino levels, so graded titles and an all-expenses-paid
When the sports world stopped in the wake of the pandemic, and with bigger fish to fry, sports media was caught up in the overload, too. The result was that some stories fell between the
And, so, we begin our 2020 Belmont Stakes sojourn with an apology to the good people of Augusta and our friends at CBS–so long as they keep their social distance. Since my first Belmont, which
A funny thing happened on the way to the Belmont Stakes day program: Southern California broke out! In addition to the *Belmont Stakes, there are five graded stakes on Saturday’s race card, three of them
If Saturday’s Belmont Stakes weren’t a classic, part of Triple Crown lore, and “just” another Grade 1 race for three-year-olds not named Kentucky Derby, most fans and players would be whooping it up. “What a
Trainer Hugh McMahon has found an interesting spot for his
By Dave Brower, Race 1 Review – Saturday, July 4,
By Marc Lawrence — COVID-19 does not discriminate, and young
The holiday weekend in the Free State begins with an
By Marc Lawrence — Each NBA team will have eight
By Dave Brower, Meadowlands handicapper — Early Double Analysis, Friday
By Marc Lawrence — Cam Newton’s addition makes the New
The calendar technically holds today as the opening of the
By Marc Lawrence — With the final hurdles cleared for
The end of the 2020 Tampa Bay racing meet today
Executive editor John Pricci provides his insights on everything thoroughbred
racing. Big horses, big races, politics, it’s all here in his free “Feature Race Analysis” and “On the Line” column.
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Has been a groom, clocker, handicapper, sportswriter, columnist and editor at various times throughout a career that has spanned more than three decades.
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Has been a sports writer, columnist and editor at various times throughout a journalistic career that spans more than four decades. His passionate writing and reporting on thoroughbred racing.
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